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(1 - 50) of 63 OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh Page   12   > Next 4/5 "One of the best sci-fi films of the last decade, and that's coming from someone who has never Trekked before."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke A "This is premier summer entertainment."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 5/5 "Star Trek is destined to be remembered as one of 2009's biggest and best surprises, a gamble that beat both the house and those holding the cards to turn everyone into a winner."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 2.5/4 "This Star Trek essentially turns out to be a war film, with the occasional philosophical timeout to discuss love, friendship, and duty until the next bone-crunching fistfight or multi-weapon rumble with the Romulans."   Slant Magazine   Bill Weber 5/5 "Somehow pulling off the trick of appealing to the wider mass audience with one foot in Star WARS, the most startling thing about this new TREK is how it avoids being AWFUL."   Kinetofilm   Brian Holcomb A "A sublime space adventure that flies as confidently and triumphantly as Trek ever has before. It's not only a victorious series highlight, but perhaps one of the best pictures of the year...120 minutes of unrelenting goose bumps."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "And just think, they haven't gotten to the Klingons yet..."   PopMatters   Chris Barsanti B+ "...director J.J. Abrams successfully establishes a new beginning for the Star Trek franchise."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 7/10 "The much-anticipated movie reintroduces all the characters from the franchise's first iteration, but its most intense and rewarding focus is friendship between Kirk and Spock."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "Is this where the future of Trek lies, in exciting action scenes and fun comic relief supporting underwhelming stories and stale ideas?"   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3.5/4 "...immediately establishes itself as a contemporary reboot done right..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B "Should please a wide cross-section of viewers."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "Pulsates with a life and fire that the former series entries never quite equaled. So much is going on in each frame that one sits smiling for the duration, drinking in the images while yearning for a repeat viewing."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Un buen entretenimiento, liviano y efectivo, con algo que ofrecer tanto a los seguidores de la saga como a quienes no conocen nada de Star Trek."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A- "Spectacularly entertaining -- fast-paced, glib, thrilling, and slickly produced. It's better than most summertime action romps even bother trying to be."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "For nearly its first hour, I felt I was witnessing Abrams hitting every beat just right, only to see him and his writers spend the final hour getting just about everything wrong."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "Here is the highest compliment Abrams and company could have hoped for: They leave Star Trek better than they found it."   AMCtv.com   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "With great effects, a strong story and equally strong cast, "Star Trek" is a journey worth taking..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. "It's heartening to see the wit and romance of the series treated lovingly"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce 3/4 "Thankfully, both diehard and casual observers of Gene Roddenberry's original 60's televised blueprint will be zapped with stimulating giddiness more effectively than an errant phaser gun gone wild."   Associated Content   Frank Ochieng A- "A fast-paced, witty prequel, a top-flight modern adventure...that's not only an affectionate tribute to the original but a successful rebooting of the whole franchise."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Star Trek is a raft, a map and a reinvented story with a great deal of spunk."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat "The first Obama-era blockbuster. Sort of, anyway."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3/4 "The setup is complete; now it's time to see whether the implied potential of this first entry into a new series can be realized in its sequel."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "successfully crafts a new beginning that both honors the series' previous incarnations but also charts its own course using a clever time-traveling narrative that essentially creates an alternate Trek universe"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "This is Star Trek designed for people who don't actually like Star Trek . . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 4.5/5 "I can name exactly three and a half things "Star Trek" gets wrong -- and I can name about a thousand that Abrams and his cast and crew get absolutely, pitch-perfect, elegantly right."   MSN Movies   James Rocchi 3/4 "a skilfully constructed studio picture that boasts a casting coup on par with The Lord of the Rings'."   Cinema Writer   Jay Antani 7/10 "In order to become a new Star Trek, facets of its old personality must inevitably be sacrificed, while modern flavor -- faster pace and a little sass -- is infused."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 57/100 "[It] broadens the appeal of its cult property, turning what was once strictly nerd fodder into a shaggy dog action movie."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3.5/4 "J.J. Abrams boldly takes the "Trek" franchise where it hasn't gone in a long time: to box office gold."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 4/5 "ena meigma toso prosegmeno, olokliromeno, finetsato, ethistiko, toso kalozygismeno anamesa stin anthropokentrikotita kai tin tehnologiki toy ikanotita, toso sygkratimeno ki ekriktiko syghronos, poy einai poly anotero, ap' o,ti tha aksize pote i seira tis"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 5/5 "Star Trek knocked me over the moon."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3.0/4.0 "Yes, the genie is back out of the bottle. Well acted, expertly edited, and brilliantly watchable even if not perfect. And above all, it doesn't suck."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4.5/5 "Possibly the best modernization of the series I could have imagined... Abrams manages to walk a thin line between pandering to the fans and reaching a new, modern audience."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 2.5/4 "A gigantic bore for more than half its running time, but it eventually grows surprisingly involving, thanks mostly to its great cast."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest A- "...not only a fantastic summer tentpole film, it just happens to be better than each and every one of the most recent Best Picture Oscar nominees."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Is the new Star Trek movie perfect? Absolutely not. But I went in an original Trek fan ... and came out feeling oddly elated, grateful for the things that worked and secure in the belief that the rough spots will work themselves out in the a"   Miss FlickChick   Maitland McDonagh 7/10 "A new fan of the series--and there are more that I would have expected--can enjoy STAR TREK, but a veteran "Trek" devotee will get a lot more out of it."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "Abrams found the perfect, and perfectly science-fictional way, to do a reboot that no one can honestly bitch about, the perfect way to have his geek and his 'Bite me,' too."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/5 "Clever, campy, even a little endearing, Trek revives itself by going back to the past, but consumes itself by wanting the "Trek" of future, too. In the current remake craze, it's never enough."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento 2.5/5 "Abrams doesn't get the franchise that Roddenberry created."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "The first Star Trek movie that feels fully realized. It's smart enough to be accessible to everyone, while retaining enough respect for the franchise's legacy to please diehard fans."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan A- "I loved it so much I wanted to Vulcan mind meld with it."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow "A largely thrilling surprise, its blend of humor, romance and action so kinetically orchestrated that calling out its shortcomings feels like excessive carping."   The Screengrab   Nick Schager 4/5 "Embora concebido com a preocupação de permitir que os "não-iniciados" possam acompanhar a história, o roteiro é inteligente o bastante para incluir uma série de referências que certamente provocarão pequenos orgasmos de reconhecimento nos fãs."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "Not Trek? The movie has gaping plotholes, a skirt-chasing Kirk, time travel, and a BS pseudo-scientific resolution to a life-threatening situation...it's totally Trek!"   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 2/5 "The film is just another noisy space opera in which the humanity takes a back seat to the hardware, something that the real "Star Trek" managed to avoid at its peak moments."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "Fully inhabits the Trek universe while pushing well-known characters into all-new directions"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline  (1 - 50) of 63 OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh Page   12   > Next